diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/init.d/42_vdr b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/init.d/42_vdr
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-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-(
-  progress "### Starting VDR ###"
-
-  PLUGINS=""
-  for file in /storage/.config/vdr/plugins.d/*; do
-    PLUGIN=""
-    OPTIONS=""
-    INITCMD=""
-    ENABLED=yes
-    . $file
-    [ "$ENABLED" = yes ] && PLUGINS="$PLUGINS -P'$PLUGIN $OPTIONS'"
-    [ -n "$INITCMD" ] && eval $INITCMD
-  done
-
-  VDRCMD="vdr -g /tmp -s /usr/bin/vdrshutdown --vfat --no-kbd $PLUGINS > /tmp/vdr.out 2>&1"
-
-  runvdr "$VDRCMD"
-)&